Awareness prog held
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, April 21 2016:
A one day awareness programme on Climate Change in Agriculture was held at Kangchup village today.
The programme was organised by Dr Kh Rishikanta Singh, Scientist, Agricultural Economics, ICAR, Lamphelpat Imphal.
The programme was held under the sponsorship of NICRA �ICAR.
According to a statement, about 60 farmers from the village attended the programme.
A team of ICAR resource persons consisting of Dr LK Baishya, Senior Scientist (Agronomy), Dr Kh Rishikanta Singh, Scientist (Agricultural Economics) and Dr Arati Ningombam Scientist (Entomology) and Imphal West KVK Chief Technical Officer N Arunkumar Singh and Subject Matter Specialist S Gumanani Singh delivered lectures and interact with the farmers.
During the programme the different aspects of climate change � its causes, impact, adaptation and mitigation strategies, climate smart agriculture, environment friendly pest and disease management practices and scientific crop production practices were discussed in details.
The programme was followed by farmers-scientist interaction and distribution of some critical inputs.